The LSU Tigers received a commitment from one of the country's top linebacker prospects.

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Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

Clifton Garrett, the No. 3 inside linebacker in the nation according to Rivals.com, verbally committed to LSU shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at Plainfield South High School in Joliet, Ill., when he pulled an LSU hat out of a bag. Then he took off his jacket to reveal an shirt.

LSU coach Les Miles hopes to pull more prospects out of his hat on Jan. 2 at the Under Armour All-American game in St. Petersburg, Fla. - one day after the Tigers play Iowa in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Four elite national prospects ...